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chair [n]
 
1)a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: seat  armchair  back  barber_chair  chaise  eames_chair  fighting_chair  folding_chair  feeding_chair  ladder-back  garden_chair  leg  rocker  side_chair  swivel_chair  tablet-armed_chair  throne  wheelchair 
 
2)the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
    Synonyms :professorship 
    See Also: berth 
 
3)the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
    Synonyms :chairman chairperson chairwoman president 
    See Also: presiding_officer  preside  kalon_tripa  vice_chairman 
 
4)an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
    Synonyms :death_chair electric_chair hot_seat 
    See Also: instrument_of_execution 
 
chair [v]
 
1)act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"
    Synonyms :chairman 
    See Also: head 
 
2)preside over; "John moderated the discussion"
    Synonyms :lead moderate 
    See Also: discuss  lead  moderator 
 



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